Comb.



No. 707,564. Patented Aug. 26, I902.

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C U M B (Application filed Oct. 19, 1901.)

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ALFRED B. DURGIN, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,564, dated August 26, 1902.

Application filed October 19, 1901. Serial NIL-79,257- (No model.)

To all whom it 'IJMLZ/ concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. DURGIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusettshave invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Comb and Brush; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers killed in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention belongs to the type of toilet articles which embody in a single structure a comb and a brush and deals most especially with the means employed for connecting the parts to the exclusion of extraneous fastenings, thereby combining simplicity, economy of construction, and durability in a single article.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure l is a side elevation of a comb-brush embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the brush-section detached. Fig. 3 isa side view partly in section. Fig. 4 is a transverse section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The comb 1 may be of any construction and material common in this class of articles, and the back 2 is enlarged toward its outer edge to admit of the sides of the cap 3, applied to and forminga part of the brush-back,to clamp the said sides and hold firmly thereto, this being essential to the attachment of the brush and comb. An equivalent construction is the transverse reduction of the back 2 a short distance from its outer edge, so that the sides of the cap 3 may be pressed inward and hold the parts when assembled. The form of the comb is unimportant, as also its dimensions.

The brush consists of a cap 3, filler 4, and tufts 5, of brush material, said tufts being secured in openings formed in the filler and cap in any selected Way. The filler 4' and cap 3 constitute the brush-back, the sides of the cap 3 projecting beyond the filler 4, soas to embrace the sides of the comb-back 2. The filler 4 may be of any material,and preferably consists of a wooden strip fitted into the cap 3 and held in place by indenting opposite sides of the cap, as shown at 6. Obviously the crown of the cap may be pierced to receive the ends of the tufts 5, and plastic material may be run into the cap to form the filler 4 and to bind and hold the tufts in place. When the filler 4 is of wood, celluloid, hard rubber, or like material, it is secured in the cap prior to boring the openings for the reception of the'ends ofthe tufts 5, which are securedtherein in any substantial Way. After the tufts have been secured to the brush-back the latter is fitted to the combback 2 by springing the projecting portions of the cap 3 over the said back 2, the edges of the sides of the cap automatically closing, so as to firmly embrace the contracted portion of the comb-back and hold the brush thereto. In the event of the cap being of such construction as not to admit of the sides automatically springing to embrace the sides of the pressed together after the cap has been prop- I erly positioned with reference to the con1b,so as to clamp opposite sides of the back 2 and hold the parts in place. The cap 3 is constructed of metal,aluminium being preferred, although brass or other metal may be advantageously used, depending upon the required cost and finish of the article.

In the manufacture of the article any material' suitable for the purpose may be employed in the formation of the comb and the capsuch as horn, hard rubber, metal, and any of the pyroxylin compounds. The brush may comprise any desired number of rows of tufts, and the article .when complete may or may not be provided with a handle;

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In combination, a brush, a capembracing the face and sides of the brush-backand having a portion of the rim extended, and a comb having its back fitted into the cap by into the cap by springinga portion of the rim springing the extended portion of the rim thereover, substantially as specified. IO thereover, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature 2. In combination, a strip, a metal cap fitin presence of two Witnesses. ted to and embracing three sides of the strip ALFRED l3. DURGIN. [L. s] and indented to hold the said strip in place, lVitnesses: tufts fitted into openings in the strip and face FRED A. GooDWIN,

of the cap, and a comb havingits back fitted FRANK J. J AMESON. 

